Dear Kids,
This week has been filled with highs and lows. 70 degrees one day, 21 degrees that night. Lots of fun, to comatose in bed with sickness. It's been quite the roller coaster ride. Well, because I'm still running on broken sleep (more on this later), let's just go in the order that the pictures loaded onto the blog (which should be chronological).
On Friday, our friends who used to live close, but decided to the far far city of Round Rock was nice enough to come down to visit, because Hailey+car generally does not equal pleasant. You all played and had lots of fun with new presents.
The babies seemed to be taking turns sleeping, but there was a short window where both of you were up and awake. So, we just had to take a picture.
And then, the big kids wanted to join in because you all are just bigger versions of cuteness.
In the afternoon we joined up with a few other families from church for our monthly GIFT group gathering. It's always nice to be able to catch up with the other parents while you guys are playing upstairs. Wait, did I just say that out loud? What I mean is aren't you guys glad you get to play with each other without us parents hovering over you?
On Saturday, we met up with Auntie Momo in north Austin for some dim sum. Both Nathan and Hannah did not remember ever eating dim sum, but Hannah was definitely excited about the shrimp dumplings. Nathan liked the BBQ pork buns and the shanghai soup dumplings.
Nathan, you were quite the conversationalist during the meal. I'm pretty sure you dominated the conversation. I was busy enjoying the food.
You both did such a great job just trying everything, so I ordered both of you fruit tarts while you were at the bathroom. Nathan quickly gobbled everything down. Hannah ate the fruit and custard and left the shortbread crust behind.
That afternoon I felt like a boxer had just punched me in the chest and then came the chills, body ache and extreme fatigue. It didn't take me long to realize that I had mastitis. I've heard about it, as it is pretty common to have, but I have never experienced it. Luckily Auntie Momo was here and it happened during the weekend, so Daddy was home, but I pretty much laid in bed for 24 hours.
I was thirsty, gulped down water, but it went right through me. It was the worst for about the first 20 hours, but the next afternoon, I started to feel better, like I had more energy and eating didn't make me feel sick.
Meanwhile, you guys did all sorts of things with Auntie Momo. You all played guns, dolls, legos, made clay ornaments, and even some video games. When it was time for Auntie Momo to leave, you both became very sad and wanted her to stay with us.
Hannah has been particularly hungry all the time lately. You all usually wake up around 7:30 and have breakfast. I roll out of bed about an hour later and usually the first thing that comes out of Hannah's mouth is, "Can I have an egg?" So since I usually make myself an egg for breakfast, I have no problem cooking up an extra one. So one morning, you had an egg, finished it and asked for another one. After you finished, you wanted some toast. I gave you some multi-grain toast with a smear of nutella and you finished that. You were still hungry! I just had to take a picture of this mustache.
So then on Tuesday, the weather drops to freezing. We stay home, eat chili and at night Daddy turns on the fireplace. Nathan gets this great idea of roasting marshmallows,
so we made S'mores.
At first Hannah was a bit afraid to roast the marshmallows yourself, (way to be cautious!) but in the end, you roasted one little one by yourself.
Today was the last day of cold weather, so I decided to make one of Nathan's favorite meals, Chinese lions head soup. Which is basically a pork meatball and cabbage stew.
Hannah helped mixed the meat...
And then both of you helped formed the meatballs. You both pretty much took over the whole process and so I told you two that I was going to go and watch some TV while you both finished up the cooking.
I both giggled like I was joking and then realized that maybe I wasn't. With a hesitated look, while half chuckling, Nathan, you exclaimed, "Hey, that's not fair!" So I then stayed to help finish making the meatballs.
I don't know what Hailey is going through these days, but it's been a rough week. Hailey, you've been taking extremely short naps, and sometimes you just scream for no apparent reason. I am pretty sure it's the famous 4 month sleep regression, where your brain is rewiring itself so that its sleep cycles are more like an adult's and not a newborn.
New skills acquired this week include grasping. You like to hold onto my shirt while nursing.
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| My Sweet View Each Time I Nurse Hailey. I'll Miss These Moments. |
You can also grab a hold of things dangling in front of you. Today, I hung a new toy on your carseat for our ride to the grocery store. At one point, I think I heard you squeal with joy when you made the rattle inside the toy make noise.
You've also developed quite the appetite for your fingers. Good thing you don't have teeth, otherwise, you would only be left with 2 pinkies.
I know it's a bit early to start sleep training, but your sleep has gotten worse. Waking up every 90 minutes at night has left me simply exhausted and possibly why I ended up with mastitis. So, 2 nights ago, I declared to Daddy that "Sleep training starts tonight!" The first night you cried on and off for 60 minutes and then drifted off to sleep. The second night, it only took you 4 minutes of complaining and then you fell asleep. Tonight, you cried for 2 minutes or so and then fussed for 5 minutes before falling asleep. Have I seen an improvement in nighttime sleep? Not yet, but this is the first step. You also have a little cold right now, and the stuffiness sometimes wakes you up while you are sleeping. I have witnessed this myself several times last night. Tonight, we have the humidifier running and your head propped up a bit, so hopefully things will be better and I can get a bit longer stretch of sleep in.
Well, that's about it for now. It's been a cold past few days. This weekend looks like it will get warm once again. But then again, there's the cedar. Dun Dun Dun!
Until next week,
Love,
Mommy
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